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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Develops and executes state engagement plans aligned with AES' PJM communities, ensuring strategic alignment with project development and operations.Maintains strong relationships with external community trade, interest groups, and local organizations to foster collaboration and support.Coordinates various in-person and virtual events, from community meetings to tours, overseeing all aspects of event planning and execution.Supports communication needs within PJM, collaborating with the Communications team to draft content, identify local marketing opportunities, and submit award nominations.Identifies and capitalizes on local media opportunities, serving as a local spokesperson for projects when required.Contributes to the development and implementation of strategic project engagement plans, collaborating with internal teams such as Development, Permitting, Operations, and Communications.Cultivates mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders, communicates community sentiments internally and supports strategic partnerships within local communities to enhance AES' brand and reputation in alignment with the Social Impact Program.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Improved ratings and reviews by establishing excellent customer service and going beyond basic duties to resolve customer issues and provide compassionate aftercare. Built, enhanced, and maintained relations with key local and state-level elected to influence policy that affects service businesses. Conducting market research to determine optimal aftercare services. Developing a grief support strategy along with relationship-building opportunities for the widowed. Facilitated the rezoning and permitting efforts required to construct a $1.5 million chapel.

Implemented stakeholder engagement and advocacy initiatives to drive revenue growth and protect the company from unfavorable policies. Built, enhanced, and maintained relations with key local and state-level elected officials and regulatory and legislative staff. Worked with legislative staff in New York and Virginia statehouses to influence policy. Developed fact-based narratives that resonated with elected officials and regulatory staff. Led wireless facilities siting endeavors and collaborated with community and business stakeholders to improve broadband connectivity and speed.Key Highlights Obtained the rights and entitlements to construct over 1,000 sites in 55 local jurisdictions over 6 states. Managed site acquisition, lobbying, and legal services budgets totaling $3.5 million. Oversaw litigation in U.S. federal courts. Led a team of 5 contractors in implementing government relations agendas. Served as company spokesperson at public hearings and community meetings.

District Of Columbia, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, New Jersey

Developed strategies for local government advocacy, led wireless facilities siting endeavors and collaborated with community stakeholders to improve broadband connectivity and speed. Liaised with network engineers, construction, and legal teams to design wireless networks that complied with local and state regulations. Planned and executed on assigned network jurisdictional requirements and other assigned responsibilities necessary to allow ExteNet to implement outdoor DAS and small cell networks in Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York.Directed community outreach & education, permitting, lobbying, jurisdictional analysis, leasing, easement, and entitlement work relevant to the deployment of Outdoor Distributed Networks.Oversees the selection, qualification, management, measurement, and review of vendors to ensure that the company receives quality and service at the lowest cost.

District Of Columbia, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Engaged with community, governmental, and private sector stakeholders to develop land use agendas for growing communities. Conducted analytical studies to assist policymakers and elected officials in making decisions about land use management.Involved in making long and short-term decisions about the management and development of Fairfax County, VA with the aim of balancing the conflicting demands of housing, recreation, transport and the environment, in order to allow appropriate development to take place.I accomplish this goal by developing plans and programs for the use of land to create communities, accommodate growth, provide public facilities and revitalize physical facilities; negotiating agreements between key decision makers; and developing outreach to expand community participation. I also performed network analysis using linear and integer programming techniques to optimize land use within the Reston, Va transit station areas.Quoted in the Washington Post, An urban vision for Reston. Will it work?, Jonathan O’Connell, February 14, 2014

Greater Chicago Area

Built relationships with clients. Conducted frequent engagement and transparent reporting of research. Conducted real-estate and fiscal analyses for customers trying to determine best use and value for various real-estate assets, including retail, downtown mixed-use, industrial, and military base assets. Key Highlights Consulted elected leaders on market strategies to reuse military installations and underachieving commercial districts; identified potential tax revenues of over $10 million. Supervised a diverse and regionally dispersed consultant team in developing a $300 million retail revitalization plan for North Omaha, Nebraska.

B.S., Industrial/Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. National Pan-Hellenic Council

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Logistics, Operations, And Supply Chain Management

Master Of Urban And Regional Planning, Economic Development